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Partners in Crime: a Greenpeace investigation into Finland’s illegal timber trade with Russia
Whilst the Finnish Government tries to assure the world that it upholds principles of sustainable forest management and forest protection, it continues to launder illegally and unsustainably logged Russian timber through its border into the European market and beyond. Between June and August 2006, Greenpeace documented widespread illegal logging in the Russian Karelian Republic and the subsequent transport of illegally logged timber into Finland.
Lapland : State of Conflict - How the Finnish government is abusing the forest rights of Sámi reindeer herders
The Finnish State often claims that in the Inari municipality of northern Lapland, some 40% of forests have been formally protected and that therefore no new areas warrant protection. What they fail to mention is that these protected areas are concentrated in the least productive land. Almost all of the important winter reindeer grazing forests are excluded from these zones and remain unprotected. In fact, only around 20% of pine forest (the most important grazing land for reindeer) in Upper Lapland is protected, and most of this 20% is in unproductive or high altitude areas.
Certifying Extinction? An Assessment of the Revised Standards of the Finnish Forest Certification System
With this report, the undersigned Finnish environmental organisations want to emphasise the urgent need for better forest management and better protection for the remaining old-growth and high-conservation-value forests in Finland.
Certifying Extinction? An Assessment of the Revised Standards of the Finnish Forest Certification System
With this report, the undersigned Finnish environmental organisations want to emphasise the urgent need for better forest management and better protection for the remaining old-growth and high-conservation-value forests in Finland.
Finnish Forestry Fables: Committed to talking but in reality still logging.
Even in a wealthy, forest-rich nation like Finland, industrial logging is jeopardising the survival of the country's last ancient – or old-growth – forests. These forests are crucial for maintaining biodiversity and the traditional livelihoods of the indigenous Sami communities. This briefing is designed to update customers and interested parties on developments in relation to protection of Finland's old-growth forests during 2003. It compliments the Greenpeace briefing from May 2003 'Finnish Forestry: Destroying forests, destroying livelihoods'.
Finnish forestry: Destroying forests, destroying livelihoods.
Even in a wealthy, forest rich nation like Finland, industrial logging is jeopardising the survival of the country's last ancient or old-growth forests. These forests are crucial for maintaining biodiversity and the traditional livelihoods of the indigenous Sami communities.Despite the calls from scientists and conservationists for increased levels of protection for these endangered old growth and high conservation value forests (HCVFs), the Finnish government continues to log these rare and vulnerable habitats, driven by demand from the country's massive international paper industry.
Finnish Forestry: destroying forests, destroying livelihoods
Even in a wealthy, forest-rich nation like Finland, industrial logging is jeopardising the survival of the country´s last ancient – or old-growth – forests. These forests are crucial for maintaining biodiversity and the traditional livelihoods of the indigenous Sami people and other traditional communities.
Forest Crime File: Finland logging its last ancient forests
The logging industry in what remains of northern Europes ancient forests is one which is characterised by destruction both of its forests and of its peoples livelihoods. In Finland the majority of the countrys remaining old-growth forests are owned by the state and logged by the state-owned Forest and Park Service
Forest Crime File: Corporate Crimes
Forest Crime File explores the need for an international instrument on corporate accountability and liability. States are ultimately responsible for public welfare, and they must not abdicate this responsibility to the private sector. Unfortunately states are increasingly doing just this, by relying on voluntary agreements, and by failing to develop international instruments to prevent transnational corporations from slipping through holes in the net of national legislation. The few voluntary initiatives with which some corporations are willing to comply, such as the Global Reporting Initiative, the OECD guidelines, and the UN Global Compact, are just not enough.
Policies of Destruction: Analysis on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the protection of forest ecosystems in Finland
Protection measures have been strongly limited by economic demands and, in state forests, by profit targets that inhibit planning of reserve networks based on ecological grounds. Logging of high conservation value forests is allowed to continue despite strong scientifi c evidence against it. In Finland, “sustainability” of forestry still implies, fi rst and foremost, sustainability in the supply of timber to the industry.
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